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===Royal Armoured Corps=== Overall the [[Royal Armoured Corps]] was a merger of 18 regiments, this was achieved by the formation of 10 new regiments through amalgamations and new formations. '''Bands''' * '''Band of the Dragoon Guards''' formed by amalgamation of: 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Band, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Band, [[Royal Scots Dragoon Guards]] Band, and [[1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards]] Band * '''The Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band''' formed by amalgamation of: Cambrai Band of the Royal Tank Regiment, Alamein Band of the Royal Tank Regiment, Rhine Band of the Royal Tank Regiment * '''Band of the Hussars and Light Dragoons''' formed by amalgamation of: [[13th/18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars]] Band, [[15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars]] Band, [[The Queen's Own Hussars]] Band, [[The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars]] Band, [[The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)]] Band, [[14th/20th King's Hussars]] Band * '''Band of the Royal Lancers''' formed by amalgamation of: [[9th/12th Royal Lancers|9th/12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers]] Band and [[Queen's Royal Lancers|The Queen's Royal Lancers]] Band '''Regulars''' * '''[[Household Cavalry Regiment]]''' formed by union<ref>The term ''union'' was used rather than ''amagalamation'', for the regiments continued to maintain their own uniforms, traditions, and regimental titles in the mounted regiment</ref> of [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|The Life Guards]] and [[The Blues and Royals|The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st (Royal) Dragoons)]] * '''[[The Royal Dragoon Guards]]''' formed by amalgamation of [[4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards]] and [[5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards]] as cavalry county regiment of: [[Belfast]], [[Fermanagh]], [[Cumbria]], [[Wirral Peninsula|Wirral]], [[Cheshire]], and [[Yorkshire]], formed '''Pipes and Drums of the Royal Dragoon Guards''' in September 1993, RHQ in [[York]] * [[The Queen's Royal Hussars|'''The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)''']] formed by amalgamation of [[The Queen's Own Hussars]] and [[The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars]] as cavalry county regiment of: [[Northern Ireland]] (minus [[Belfast]] and [[Fermanagh]]), [[Warwickshire]], [[Worcestershire]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[Surrey]], and [[Sussex]], formed '''Pipes and Drums of the Queen's Royal Hussars''', RHQ in [[London]] * '''[[The King's Royal Hussars]]''' formed by amalgamation of [[The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)]] and [[14th/20th King's Hussars]] as county cavalry regiment of: [[Buckinghamshire]], [[Berkshire]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[Hampshire]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[Wiltshire]], [[Isle of Wight]], [[Channel Islands]], [[Lancashire]], [[Cumbria]], and [[Greater Manchester]], two regimental depots; North Depot in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] and South Depot in [[Winchester]] * [[The Light Dragoons|'''Light Dragoons''']] formed by amalgamation of [[13th/18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars]] and [[15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars]] as cavalry county regiment of: [[Tyne and Wear]], [[County Durham]], [[Northumberland]], and [[North Yorkshire]], depot in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] * '''[[The Queen's Royal Lancers]]''' formed by amalgamation of [[16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers]] and [[17th/21st Lancers]] as cavalry county regiment of: [[Staffordshire]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[Nottinghamshire]], [[Lincolnshire]], and [[South Humberside]], depot in [[Grantham]] * [[Royal Tank Regiment]] ** '''Pipes and Drums of the Royal Tank Regiment''' formed from transfer from 4th RTR ** '''[[1st Royal Tank Regiment]]''' and [[4th Royal Tank Regiment]] amalgamated without change of title, recruiting from: [[Scotland]] and [[Merseyside]] ** '''[[2nd Royal Tank Regiment]]''' and [[3rd Royal Tank Regiment]] amalgamated without change of title, recruiting from: [[South-east London|South East London]], [[Somerset]], [[Devonshire]], [[Dorset]], and [[Cornwall]] '''Territorial Army''' * '''[[The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry]]''' formed by amalgamation of [[The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry]] and [[Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry|The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry]] as county yeomanry regiment of: [[Shropshire]], [[Warwickshire]], [[Worcestershire]], [[Staffordshire]], [[Lancashire]], and [[Greater Manchester]] * '''[[The Scottish Yeomanry]]''' new formed regiment: resuscitation of old yeomanry units, country yeomanry of [[Scotland]]
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